---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations"
description: "An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1587"
citation: "Maine LD 1587 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "NEW", "VIOLATION OF LABOR LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew BECK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b5a4ea-c74d-49cd-b78b-f5ba9062eb6a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098403"
source_hash: "3f171f70050d2c49a6385b9a8aedf975b6fe4e3f16dcd3f70954417ca760f31d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1587 (132) — An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (H-808)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1045&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1045&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1587 HP 1045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1045&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- OTP-AM BY CA "A" — **64–65** (fail) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **72–68** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **18–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew BECK — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Rafael MACIAS — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Sean FAIRCLOTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-04-10** Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-02-24** Reports READ.
- **2026-02-24** Motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- **2026-02-24** ROLL CALL NO. 622
- **2026-02-24** (Yeas 64 - Nays 65 - Absent 19 - Excused 1 - Vacant 2)
- **2026-02-24** Subsequently, on motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-24** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-02-26** Reports READ
- **2026-02-26** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 725 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2026-02-26** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-808) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-26** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-03-03** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-03** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-808) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Sent down for concurrence
- **2026-03-05** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-808). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** ROLL CALL NO. 631
- **2026-03-05** (Yeas 72 - Nays 68 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-05** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- **2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b5a4ea-c74d-49cd-b78b-f5ba9062eb6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).